Short answer: Garten takes the article der (der Garten). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “garden” in English.
Garten: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- Garden
- Topic
- Home and daily life
- Yupo level
- Beginner
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Why does Garten take der?
No suffix rule covers Garten, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, der words are blue. Picture Garten as something blue.
See the article rules →Garten in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | der Garten |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | den Garten |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Garten |
